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Himesh Patel teases the practical effects used for the Cyclops sequence in ‘THE ODYSSEY’. “We were shooting in this cave [in Greece] called Nestor’s Cave, known as the birthplace of Zeus... anyone else would have done what we did in there on a soundstage.”

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Matt Damon says a 60-foot Cyclops puppet was built inside Zeus’ Cave for THE ODYSSEY. “We would hike to this cave called Zeus’ Cave. They say it’s where Zeus was born. The rigging guys basically turned it into a soundstage.”

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Matt Damon says Christopher Nolan used a 60-foot Cyclops puppet inside a real cave for The Odyssey "It’s really wild when you realize we shot it in an actual cave. There’s no soundstage" "We would hike to this cave called Zeus’s cave. They say it’s where Zeus was born. The rigging guys basically turned it into a soundstage" "Chris was like, ‘No, we got a 60-foot puppet.’ He does as little special effects as humanly possible. They try to figure out how we can do almost everything in camera"

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